Sound-reproducing machine.



F. CHENEY. souwn amonucme MACHINE.

Patented Sep t. 19, 1916.

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Specification. of Letters Patent.

Application filed october 39,1912. Serial No. 728,571.

To all whom it may concern .Be it known that I, Fonnsr Cnnnnna citizen'of the United States, and a resident producing machines, and more especially with the connections between the needle holder and the sound box.- v

My invention consists of a novel mount- I ing of the needle holder upon the sound box so that the needle and the connecting needle arm can vibrate freely, but without the possibilityof any metallic or harsh vsound passing to the tone arm.

a sheet of drawings,'in which the same reference characters havev been employed to designate identical parts in all.'t,he figures,

of which,, Y Figure lis a top plan view of the sound box and immediate connections of-a soundreproducing machine, but. with the sound boxturned about sixty degrees from its normal' position in the supporting tubes so as ,30 to show moreclearly the needle holder and its connections; Fig. 2 is a similar View, with the sound box correspondingly displaced, but Fig; 3- is a side elevation, with the sound box in its proper position; Fig. 4 is a detail v in section on the line AA of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 5 is a r of Fig.1. Y In carrying out my sound box 10-, which maybe conveniently- ,constructed of two shallow, cup-shaped metallic'disks 11 and 11 which disks have invention, I. employ a on their peripheries flanges, of the proper size so that the disk 11f can fit snugly over the disk 11, and hold the .rubber or other gasket 12, which in turn-receives the diaphragm12 in p ace so tha parallel to the inner Walls thereof. The shell 11? with a, pair of lugs or ears 1%, through wh ch are screwed the adjusting screws 14*, wh eh have recessed ends to serve as a bearing for; in the pointed ends ofthe generally ll-shaped To illustrate my invention, 1 annex hereto the sound in central. horizontal section detail in section on the line B-B' the, latter extends across thecent'er of the sound box and is provided on its periphery spring-supporting member 15, which has se cured thereto the needle holdeixi3 with the block 160i rubber or some similar material interposed to deaden any possible vibrationsof the metal. A set serewlS is threaded through a suitable aperture-in the side of thelneedle holder :13 and cooperates with the needle 17,1which is set in the longitudinal recess extending through the needle .1

holder 13 in the customary mahner'. sound bar or needle arm 19 cured in the needle holder, so that the vibrations of the needle are transmitted by the arm to the center of the diaphragm 12, to, which center the other end of the'sound bar or needle arm is connected in the cus- 7O toma'rymanner. i The sound box has'suitable apertures 20 formed in the centerof its sides, and surrounding the'se apertures are the. rubber or other sound-deadening annular disks 23,

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against the outer surfaces of which. are I pressed the disks '22 of thetubular arms 21 which serve to connect the sound box with the tone arm or horn 24:. ,The inner faces of the disks 22 and the outer faces of the-B0 shells l1 and 11 of the sound box are provided with suitable prongs 30,01' the surfaces otherwise roughened so that. the prongs will engage the disks 23 and hold box between the arms 21 so that there can be no possible rattling. The arms 21 are of a general U shape, and the ends have annular flanges 26 which take over and fit somewhat snugly on the similar annular flanges 25- formed on the end of the tone .90 arm 24:, as best shown in Fig. 2. To draw the ends ofthe tubular arins21 on the-tone arm 24 and, on the sound box 10, l'secure on the inner sides of the arms 21 the right and left hand nuts 29 and 29*, and in. these nuts arethreaded-the right and left hand screw 28, which is provided with a suitable intermediate disk orwhea d by which it can be turned to tighten or loosen the pressure, asmay be desired.

From the foregoing desc-ription,,it will be noted that thediaphragm 12 is so connected with the tone arm or horn-24: that all. the condensations and r'arei'actions ofthe air produced on both sides of the diaphragm by- '1 its vibrations have 'a irect passage to the tone arm, so that said condensations and rarefactions, or vibrations of the air, can

is rigidly se- 65' be transmitted freely and utilized to the :fullest extent in reproducing whatever record is being run beneath the needle 17. It

will also be noted that, with the construction herein shown and described, the sound box can be swung about the joint between the arm 21 and the tone arm or horn 2i as a center, and thus the sound box'can be lifted structure for this purpose is to enlarge one of the flanges 2 6 and cut therein a groove 31, and When both sides of the'diaphragm are to be used, this groove 31 is filled by the plate 32, shown in .Fig. 5,'WhlCl1 has therein a circular aperture 33 of the same diameter as the internal diameter of the tubes 21, so that when said plate is shoved into place, there is no material obstruction of the passage. When, however, it desired to shut off one side and reduce the volume thereby substantially one-half, I take out the plate 32 h'aving the aperture 33, and sub-- stitute therefor a similar plate 34, shown in vention as embodiedin' the form which let present consider best adapted to carryout its purposes, it will be-understood-that it is capable of modifications, and that I do not desire to be limited in the interpretation of the following claims exceptasmay be necessitated by the state-of the prior art.

lV-hat'I claim as-new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

In a sound-reproducing machine, the com-' bination with a sound-box, of a diaphragm mounted therein,.aneedle holder, a needle arm connecting the holder to the diaphragm, ears supported from the sound box, set screws mounted in the ears,- a U-shaped spring support for the needle holder pivoted in the ends of the set screws, and a block' of damping material interposed between the spring support and the needle holder.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal, this 25th day ofOctober, A. D. 1912.

FOREST CHENEY. '[L. s.] Witnesses v J OHN HOWARD MCELROY, MILDRED ELSNER. 

